Hue and Perfume River Tour

This Gallery is from my trip to Hue, Vietnam, and a tour from there down the Perfume River, which runs through the city. The seat of the Nguyen emperors was in the Citadel, which occupies a large, walled area on the north side of the river. Inside the Citadel was a forbidden city where only the concubines, emperors, and those close enough to them were granted access, the punishment for trespassing being death. Hue also became famous during the Vietnam war as one of the centers of the Tet offensive in 1968, where heavy fighting took place inside the historic center and many buildings were damaged or destroyed. The North is supposed to have executed 3,000-6,000 people when they took the city briefly, trying their best to eliminate anyone friendly to the Americans or not of a sufficiently revolutionary spirit. The Perfume River tour takes you down river to explore several temples and numerous mausoleums left by the various Emperors who ruled from Hue...